Water-proof composition for floors



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COATING R PLASTIC UNITED STATES Cross Reference PATENT OFFICE.

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WATER-PROOF 'COM P'OSlTlQN FOR FLOOR S,' .4WALL'S,, etc.

. assertion-non 10min; of Letters Patent 110. 385,411, dated Jur a, ma. Application 'flled October 26,1987. seriall foln-lit. (No specimens.) I 2 (9 6 1 To allwhont it m aly concern.-

Be it known that Lflnaanm V; Mirror), of Brooklym'iuthe couutyof Kings and Stateof New York, have invented a new and Im- 5 proved Water-Proof Composition, of which. the following is a full, clear, and exact descripion.

M y inventieaafielatestean i'mprovedcom position" of matter, vand has for its object to- :0 provide a water-proof compoundadapiedt'o he applied to the floors and walls of buildings,

toprevent theaccess of water and dampness;

and which will also withstand extreme and varying temperatures of air, and which will be [5 practically indestructible. v My composition consists of thefollowing ingredieuts, combined in substantially the pro portions stated, viz: New Zealand cement,

one hundred pounds; cream of tartar, three go'ouucos; pulverized m, one ounce; nick silver one ounce; 'ising'lfi, four ounces; maraBl-dust, .five pounds; am, two hundred pounds; rain-water: one pail."

In compouu mg the-above -ingredients a" small quantity of" cement-for instance, one. pound-is mixed with the; cream of,tartar,- quicksilver, and isinglass and water ehoughto make a very thin paste, and the-composition is let stand for. about twenty-four-hours'g'. ,If-

the weather' 'is cold, the. eompositioushould stand in awarm The remaindrl of the cement, the pulverized ivory, marble-dust,and

sand are mixed dry, and the standing compound is thereupon. added, together with enough rain-water about one-half a pail-1:035 produce'a plastic mass capable of being read? l ily laid with a trowel or similar implement.

Instead of N Zealand cement, Portland-or athcr eemen of star mature maybe em- 'ployed: -It Portland cement is used, the pro- 40 portions of the remaining ingredients should be increased about one-half. f T After the compound is laid upon a suitable feundation such as w'o0d, earth, brick, .or metal-j-it becomes very hard, equal-to steel, F and is capable of a very high, polish, rendering it impossible for poisonous gases to a lodge against its surface 4 Having thus described myinvention, what I claim'as new, and desire to secure by Letters '5 Patent, i sr A The herein}described'compositionof matter t beflsed as awater=proof compound for the floorsniadwalls of buildings and kindred pur poses eonsisting of cement, cream of tartar, pulverized ivory, quicksilver, isinglass, marhie-dust, sand, and soft water, in substantially the proportions specifiedv CHARLES V. MITIGE. Witnesses:

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